Jammu, May 7 -- The National Conference (NC) and Congress alliance in autonomous Kargil hill development council seems to have run into rough weather with the present chairman-cum-CEC of the hill council Mohammad Jaffer Akhoon refusing to quit to pave way for Congress candidate to swear in, under the 2023 power sharing agreement.

Under the power sharing agreement in 2023, both the parties had agreed upon power sharing for a period of two and a half years each. The NC completed its term of two and a half years on April 18. Akhoon was elected as chairman-cum-CEC on October 18, 2023.

However, over a fortnight on Akhoon has clung to the power, citing "extra-ordinary" situation in Ladakh and "interests" of Kargil people for not stepping down...